UK-based virtual worlds research firm KZero projects that 83 million head-mounted virtual reality display headsets will have been sold by 2018, with a consumer market penetration of around 9 percent. But that doesn’t mean that companies are going to be replacing computers with virtual reality headsets, says KZero CEO Nic Mitham. Here are four reasons […]
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The rapid growth of the mobile sector has had an unexpected dividend — by bringing down the costs and improving the quality of motion sensors, screens, and processors it has helped usher in a new era of virtual reality technology. Systems previously available only to largest manufacturers or to the military can now be put
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The leading unified communications (UC) vendors are taking a hard look at the opportunities for virtual reality in the conference room or the boardroom. For example, there are a number of enterprise-friendly virtual world platforms that are already or soon will be compatible with the Oculus Rift and other virtual reality devices. These are business-safe
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It’s hard to imagine a company these days that isn’t using open source software somewhere, whether it’s Linux running a company’s print and web servers, the Firefox browser on user desktops, or the Android operating system on mobile devices. In, fact, there are now more than a million different open source projects, according to Black
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Big Data has dominated tech news of late. It has been touted as a possible solution for everything from intrusion detection to fraud prevention to curing cancer and setting optimal product prices. But Big Data, which we’re defining as data collected in large volumes, at high velocity and in a variety of formats, isn’t a
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New Touch operating system for mobile devices is still a work in progress The newest release of Ubuntu, dubbed Saucy Salamander, doesn’t offer much in the way of new features — except for the introduction of Ubuntu Touch for mobile platforms. So, if you’re currently running Ubuntu 13.04, you should definitely upgrade to 13.10 in
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Whether you receive a phishing email inviting you to click on a specific link, whether you see the link on your trusted social media sites, or whether you stumble upon it while Web surfing, here are 10 types of links you should never click on. See slideshow at Network World.
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Phishers are upping their game, so end users need to respond accordingly Protecting yourself against phishing attacks used to be relatively easy. Don’t download unexpected attachments. Visit banking websites directly instead of clicking on links in an email. And look for bad grammar. Credit: wikimedia Those days are gone. Today, a phishing attack can come
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When Unisys CISO John Frymier came in to work on Friday, Sept. 6, the phones were ringing, and continued to ring all day. Customers were panicking over the news headlines of the day before. The NSA had cracked Internet encryption. The NSA was listening in to everything. European customers were especially concerned, he says. Read
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If you’re trying to decide which device to buy for your next trip because your current laptop is too old, too slow, too heavy and just plain too embarrassing; or, conversely, too new and too expensive to risk a mishap on the road, consider a Chromebook. Here are 10 reasons why. 1. It works even
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Whether you’re protecting corporate data from internal leakers, hackers looking to steal money from you and your customers, foreign spies, your own government, or employees accidentally leaving their laptops in a taxi, encryption is today’s hot go-to tool. But encryption done wrong can be worse than no encryption at all, since it gives you an
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Latest version of open source desktop boast several key improvements, but many usability issues remain The latest version of Fedora, nicknamed “Schrodinger’s Cat,” features a number of improvements aimed at IT users. But its strict adherence to the open source philosophy means that it continues to be problematic for typical end users. Read full article
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The world of big data vendors is divided into two camps. There are the pure-play Big Data startups who are bringing innovation and buzz to the marketplace. And then there are the established database/data warehouse vendors who are moving into the world of Big Data from a position of strength, both in terms of an
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Nine years ago, Francie Tanner was working at a technology consulting company in Dallas. Today, she lives in Anguilla with her family and works as a consultant for Austria-based Panagenda, which sells software that help companies monitor, upgrade and manage their IBM collaboration tools. Here’s, she’s working from Gwen’s Reggae Bar in Shoal Bay. See
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Nine years ago, Francie Tanner was working at a technology consulting company in Dallas. Today, she lives in Anguilla with her family and works as a consultant for Austria-based Panagenda, which sells software that help companies monitor, upgrade and manage their IBM collaboration tools. Here’s, she’s working from Gwen’s Reggae Bar in Shoal Bay. See
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